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Updated 12/2/2025

Family Muricidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Usilla avenacea

Kapoho Pt., Oahu, 1 foot, 13 mm

 



Kapoho Pt., Oahu, 1 foot, 11 mm

   

CORDED VEXILLA

Uncommon under rocks in shallow brackish water alongside smooth-shelled Angiola zonata.  Being a carnivorous muricid, it probably preys upon nearby snails and bivalves.  Attains 0.6 inch, 14 mm.  Known from Reunion, Okinawa, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Vexilla fusconigra or Cronia avenacea.